how to remember all that stuff
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How to RememberAll that Stuff
Prepared for Plant Physiology
Works for any class
Organize the Information
• Arrange in units
• Understand relationships
• Then memorize details
Memorize This
• 15 Dots– Position– Color– Letter– Letter orientation
• View
• Take notes
• Reproduce (Quiz)
P
A
E
H
W
Y
Y
A
R
N
E
P
Describe what you saw
• Dot position?
• Letters?
• Letter orientation?
• Colors?
Pattern
HA
P
P
Y
NEW
Y
E
A
R
Easy to
• Understand relationship
• Memorize the details
• Describe– To yourself (notes, studying)– To others– On a test
Get the order right
• Start with simple relationships• Cause Phenomenon Consequences• Light Stomatal opening Photosynthesis• Write out all important relationships• Then combine relationships
Light Level
Map out complex relationships
• Annotate diagrams
• Light, photosynthesis, stomatal opening
• Nouns first, then verbs
Photosynthesis StomatalRate Opening
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Communicate
• Write it down (diagrams)• Explain it to others• Tests require you to communicate• Communicating to others increases
– Understanding (yours and theirs)– Retention of information– Interpersonal skills
Do these things and…
• You will learn a valuable skill
• You will save time
• You will do better in the course
• You will remember things longer
• The course will be more interesting
• Your life will be more interesting
From Former Student
• My first PP class -- 1985
• Now dentist (Rene Dutkowski)
• “Plant physiology is the kind of class that prepares you for dental school or medical school or pharmacy school. It teaches you how to study.”
• She still remembers all kinds of information
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